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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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HR1952

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:32 | Tran: 20:25 | Set: 2:21
Alt: -33.12°   Az: 38.55°   Direction: North-East

HR1952 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1952 visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1952 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR1952 star
DSS2 image of HR1952. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1952 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 42m 07s
-01° 07’ 03”
14h 05m 52s
19h 48m 00s

J2000

05h 40m 50s
-01° 07’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

205.71°
-16.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1952.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Sub-giant

-4.08
B2IV
13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1952 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1952. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1952 is distant 2,089.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

641.03
2,089.74
26 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132445
SAO132445

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1952 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.1°
Max altitude: 37.4°
Azimuth: 268.9°